Ol' Red

hey Well I caught my wife with another manAnd it cost me ninety nineOn a prison farm in GeorgiaClose to the Florida lineWell I'd been here for 2 long yearsI finally made the warden my friendAnd so he sentenced me to a life of easeTaking care of Ol Red

Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seenGot a nose that can smell a two day trailHe's a four legged tracking machineYou can consider yourself mighty luckyTo get past the gators and the quicksand bedsBut all these years that I've been hereAin't nobody got past Red

And the warden sangCome on somebodyWhy don't you runOl' Red's itchin' to have a little funGet my lanternGet my gunRed'll have you treed before the mornin' comes

Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letterTo my cousin up in TennesseeOh and he brought down a blue tick houndShe was pretty as she could beWell they penned her up in the swampland'Bout a mile just south of the gateAnd I'd take Ol' Red for his evening runI'd just drop him off and wait

And the warden sangCome on somebodyWhy don't you runOl' Red's itchin' to have a little funGet my lanternGet my gunRed'll have you treed before the mornin' comes

Now Ol' Red got real used to seeingHis lady every nightAnd so I kept him away for three or four daysAnd waited till the time got rightWell I made my run with the evenin' sunAnd I smiled when I heard 'em turn Red out'Cause I was headed north to TennesseeAnd Ol' Red was headed south

And the warden sangCome on somebodyWhy don't you runOl' Red's itchin' to have a little funGet my lanternGet my gunRed'll have you treed before the mornin' comes

Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the SouthLove got me in here and love got me out